The oldest known images on cave walls and stone fragments are forcing a rewrite of who first made art and how sophisticated those early pictures really were. Far from crude doodles, these works show ...

Prehistoric cave painting of two Sulawesi warty pigs, Leang Tedongnge Cave, Sulawesi, Indonesia. At least 45,000 years old, ...

For years, it has been generally been believed that the oldest cave paintings could be found in Europe. But on Wednesday, December 11, a new study published in Nature announced that there were older ...

If you are interested in the history of humanity, it undoubtedly leads you back to the period when Neanderthals lived. Unfortunately, little is known about how these early humans lived in this era.

In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now ...

Dawn of art : the Chauvet Cave : the oldest known paintings in the world / Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel Deschamps, and Christian Hillaire ; epilogue by Jean Clottes ; foreword by Paul G. Bahn ; ...

The city of Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol may be best known for pristine beaches and package holidays, but a recently announced discovery at the Coto Correa archaeological site is a reminder that ...

Researchers in Spain used Apple iPhone’s built-in LiDAR sensor to create a 3D map of a cave with hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings. Digital model of La Pileta cave Cueva de la Pileta is a cave in ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...